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[bluaki]

Here's the full list of characters now:

Newcomers: 6
[spoiler]Wii Fit Trainer
Mega Man
Villager
Rosalina & Luma
Little Mac
Greninja[/spoiler]

Returning characters: 23
[spoiler]Mario
Luigi
Peach
Bowser
Pikachu
Lucario
Charizard
Kirby
King Dedede
Link
Toon Link
Zelda
Sheik
Donkey Kong
Diddy Kong
Yoshi
Pit
Fox
Samus
Zero Suit Samus
Pikmin & Olimar
Sonic
Marth[/spoiler]

Missing Brawlers: 16
[spoiler]Ness
Captain Falcon
Jigglypuff
Falco
Ganondorf
Ice Climbers
Mr. Game & Watch
Lucas
Wolf
Ike
Squirtle
Ivysaur
Meta Knight
ROB
Snake
Wario[/spoiler]

Out of the missing characters, I believe...
Most likely in but unlockable: Captain Falcon, Jigglypuff, Ness
Most likely still in: Wario, Meta Knight
Probably in but possible removal: Ganondorf, Ike, Mr Game & Watch
Questionable: Lucas, Falco, Wolf, Ice Climbers, ROB
Most likely won't return: Snake, Squirtle, Ivysaur

If I were to guess about upcoming announcements, I'd say Wario's reveal might coincide with Mario Kart 8 and Meta Knight's might come with the US release of Triple Deluxe.

[strongbad]

i'd be sad if we lost gannon
although he suffered in brawl from having no way to cancel aerial lag on his hella laggy attacks
it'd be cool if they changed that

[strongbad]

also nintendo spacing out the release dates is genius
i was only going to get the wii u one at first but i'll probably get both now because i cant wait

probs gonna get a 2ds soon

[Hiro]

Greninja why
Charizard is the one Pokemon Trainer character I never used
why the hell is Lucario still in this
seriously the pokemon choices are so dumb

[Hiro]

also characters I'm pretty sure will return:
Ness
Captain Falcon
Falco
Ganondorf
Ice Climbers
Mr. Game & Watch
Lucas
Meta Knight
ROB
Wario

[Hiro]

and we'll probably get a Fire Emblem character from Awakening, maybe Chrom but it would be cool if we got a girl or a mage or something, maybe Tharja?

[Samus Aran]

Greninja rules fuck you hiro

[Hiro]

fingers crossed for pacman and yoshimitsu

[Samus Aran]

[Hiro]

also, presea assist trophy

[Samus Aran]

but no that'd still be weird

[6M69I69B9]

i kinda want...stafy...as a newcomb

even tho i never played any of the games it's in

and god damn jigglypuff better come back. 

fingers crossed for pacman and yoshimitsu

pacman ugh im cringing

yoshimitsu why

[Hiro]

yoshimitsu's awesome and could represent both tekken and soul calibur
pacman just feels inevitable plus idk maybe he could be cool, having such a "classic" character in a smash bros game wouldn't be too bad

[Kalahari Inkantation]

If anything, we should be praying that Bandai-Namco's influences are as imperceptible as possible.

[Hiro]

If anything, we should be praying that Bandai-Namco's influences are as imperceptible as possible.

well so far it seems like they're doing a great job, if anything it looks like they're just using their fighting game knowledge to tweak/balance all the characters and satisfy the melee fans
i was kidding about the other things but i honestly wouldn't mind pacman, and i doubt they'd do much else
plus sakurai's still in charge of everything, and from everything we've seen i'm pretty sure there won't be a lot of namco stuff